is a bike stand the best tool you can have?

toasty

is a bike stand the best tool you can have?

Not in my eyes, I usually can't be arsed to clamp my bike to it unless it's a job that requires the wheels out, but upright, like bleeding brakes, or fitting a new headset (even then, if it was a bare frame I don't bother with the stand).

For most jobs I just flip the bike upside down or lean it on the wall.

bluechair84

flappy8 wrote:

IMHO many say its not worth owning tools and stand and get LBS to do it.

Never heard of this before!



taadaa!

felix.london

oodboo wrote:

My latest 'tool' is a massive roll of blue roll on a stand

This, my friend sounds like a good purchase. My 'bike' tea towles/dish cloths is now at 3 numbers and I'm not sure if I can go any higher without reprisals

oodboo

felix.london wrote:

oodboo wrote:

My latest 'tool' is a massive roll of blue roll on a stand

This, my friend sounds like a good purchase. My 'bike' tea towles/dish cloths is now at 3 numbers and I'm not sure if I can go any higher without reprisals

More acquired than purchased but yeah, the missus was sick of me making the tea towels manky.

fielonator

If you've got the money spare then get one of the biketools ones. I got mine from Merlin cycles for £60 delivered and I'm well please with it. Apart from a tool shelf I can't imagine how I'd improve it. Nothing against parktools but I wonder what the extra £100 gets you.

Great quality and very handy. No more back ache and greasy arms for me! And gears that change, for a change.

ol\'gregg

Abra wrote:

I was thinking about geting one the other day and the usual RRP is about £100. without trying to look like a complete fool does anyone have a history with one of these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOUNTAIN-BIKE-ROAD-BIKE-CYCLE-BICYCLE-REPAIR-WORK-STAND-FPR-HOME-MECHANICS-/370587450180?pt=UK_Spots_Leisure_Cycling_Tools_RepairKits&hash=item5648bbbb44

or would you suggest something better? :?

I hope they're joking with the price. £432.99 for the same one I bought in lidl for £25.99. :shock: :shock:

majormantra

A stand (mine's the EBC one) and a good quality set of allen wrenches (Draper Expert, sub £30 and just as good as Park) are the two most useful bits of workshop kit I own.

simowill

ol\'gregg wrote:

Abra wrote:

I was thinking about geting one the other day and the usual RRP is about £100. without trying to look like a complete fool does anyone have a history with one of these?

http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/MOUNTAIN-BIKE-ROAD-BIKE-CYCLE-BICYCLE-REPAIR-WORK-STAND-FPR-HOME-MECHANICS-/370587450180?pt=UK_Spots_Leisure_Cycling_Tools_RepairKits&hash=item5648bbbb44

or would you suggest something better? :?

I hope they're joking with the price. £432.99 for the same one I bought in lidl for £25.99. :shock: :shock:

I got that stand a couple of weeks ago and paid £35 for it off of eBay. Great stand for the money

Simon

mini-eggs

I've built up 3 bikes from scratch without one and never had a problem.

However I can see the usefulness and for indexing gears I would find it a great help. If you got the money for 1, room to store it and think you'll make good use of it then defo hunt out a good deal and get 1.

majormantra

Regarding storage - most stands fold up so they don't take up too much space. I live in a flat and mine lives under the bed with my rollers.